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In Kenya, Cosmetic Surgery Makes High-Priced Inroad

By Rose Odengo ● Health & Science ● July 10, 2011

Few Kenyan women have enough money to even consider cosmetic surgery. But doctors say higher-earning women are beginning to fuel demand. One woman says she’s had four procedures in the past three years.

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Kenyan Women Chip Away at Employment Barriers

By Joanne Wanjala ● Employment ● May 30, 2011

An auto mechanics training program for 30 Kenyan women isn’t large, but it reflects the way women around the country–from parliamentarians to bus touts–are edging into traditionally male occupations.

Study Details Causes of High Maternal Death Rates

By Sharon Johnson ● Crime & Law ● April 25, 2011

A small study of maternal deaths in New York City rings loud warning bells for pregnant African American women. Experts offer ideas on lowering some of the deadliest risks for all women: hypertension, C-section, embolism and pre-eclampsia.

Strip Clubs Outpace Laws in Kenya

By Rose Odengo ● Politics ● March 12, 2011

Strip clubs are on the rise in Kenya, a popular tourist destination. High wages for strippers and tourist interest are fueling the growth of the industry that evades the nation’s laws.

Biodiversity Projects Start to Benefit Rural Women

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Health & Science ● December 23, 2010

Rural women in remote areas are often left out of family planning programs aimed at large population centers. Some biodiversity wildlife programs are showing how to step into the breach.

Kenyan, Named Chief, Now Has Fled Her Home

By Fatuma Noor ● Arts & Culture ● July 23, 2010

The first female Somali district chief in Northeastern Kenya has fled her district in fear. Male elders outraged by the idea of a woman presuming to political leadership threw stones at her and made life unbearable. It’s dangerous where she is now too.

Notorious U.S. Hate Site Gets Kenyan Look-Alike

By Zoe Alsop ● Health & Science ● May 12, 2010

A Kenyan Web site exposing pro-choice and LGBT activists to intimidation tactics claims to be homegrown. But it has the hallmarks of a notorious U.S. site for anti-choice extremists and is registered in Georgia.

Kenya’s Abortion Ban Fires Constitutional Debate

By Zoe Alsop ● Health & Science ● March 17, 2010

Church leaders in Kenya are opposing a provision in a draft of a national constitution that includes emergency exceptions to the country’s abortion ban. A recent study links the ban to the deaths of at least hundreds of women a year.

Afghans’ ‘Bravest Woman’ Calls on U.S. to Leave

By Amy Littlefield ● Arts & Culture ● November 11, 2009

Malalai Joya, called the “bravest woman in Afghanistan,” is finishing up a U.S. tour where she has pressed the Obama administration to pull the military out of her country. She says nothing could be worse for women than what she sees as the current civil war.

Mothers Should Not Die Giving Life

By Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem ● Uncategorized ● March 19, 2009

Millennium Development Goal No. 5–improving maternal health–is way off target. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem outlines the dimensions of a problem and on March 25 readers are invited to join a global online chat about the range of solutions.